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Freeport Financial Partners (Freeport), a US lower middle market direct lending manager, has held the final close of its fifth direct lending fund, Freeport First Lien Loan Fund V (Fund V), raising USD1.5 billion in investable capital including targeted leverage and separately managed accounts investing alongside the fund.
Fund V was oversubscribed, exceeding its initial target by over USD250 million, with total equity commitments of USD900 million and USD600 million in targeted leverage.
Fund V obtained commitments from a wide range of institutional investors including public and private pension plans, insurance companies as well as endowments and foundations across North
Alternative investment platform Forester Capital has launched a strategic partnership with Jonathan Goldberg of Hallstatt Advisors.
Goldberg will employ a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investing in industrial and industrial-related companies in transformation.
Goldberg has deep industry experience as both a senior investor and as a portfolio manager and has distinguished himself with a strong track record investing across industrial, cyclical, and adjacent industries.
Prior to launching Hallstatt, Goldberg was a partner at Highline Capital Management, where he served as the Industrials Sector Head and Co-PM of Highline Select.
Vortex Energy, a renewables-focused investment vehicle in Europe, managed by the private equity arm of EFG Hermes, has appointed Ana Peris Caminero as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) and member of the Investment Committee.
Irish private equity firm, Melior Equity Partners, has invested in Salmon Software, a fast-growing financial software business that provides customers with a world-class treasury management software system.
Founded by CEO John Byrne, Dublin-headquartered Salmon Software employs a total of 30 staff across its operations in Ireland and the Czech Republic.
Salmon Software’s decision to partner with Melior was driven by the firm’s strategic experience in growing similar Irish technology businesses, its unique global network, and notable investor base. The investment from Melior will support the future growth of Salmon Software, facilitating further product innovation and the delivery of an even
While more women are participating in dealmaking, especially among Millennials and Generation Z, women dealmakers have felt less appreciated and supported than their male counterparts in the last year, according to findings from a new survey of 600 global dealmakers across the US, Canada, UK, Australia, France, and Germany by Datasite, an SaaS-based technology provider for global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) professionals.
In a survey of 600 global dealmakers – 55 per cent of whom were women, and 45 per cent of whom were male – there were more female (71 per cent) Millennial dealmakers (born between 1981-1996) than males
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announces that it has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Dutch asset manager and specialist lender Dynamic Credit Group (DCG).
DCG will become part of BNPP AM’s Private Debt & Real Assets (PDRA) investment division, bringing its total AUM to more than EUR20 billion (as at 31 December 2021).
This acquisition is in line with BNPP AM’s strategy of accelerating the expansion of its investment platform, particularly within the strategically important area of private markets, which is also an important growth axis of the BNP Paribas Group’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan.
Private market firm Partners Group has agreed to invest in LogCap, a last mile logistics platform in Oslo.
The seed portfolio is comprised of 19 assets with a combined GAV of EUR442 million. Following the transaction, Partners Group will be the largest shareholder in the LogCap portfolio with a 50 per cent stake.
LogCap’s portfolio is strategically located in the Drammen-Langhus-Lillestrøm logistics triangle, which is considered the most attractive area for last mile logistics assets in Oslo.
Manifest Climate, a climate intelligence SaaS+ (software as a service) platform for public and private organisations, has completed a CAD30 million Series A raise.
The round was co-led by BDC Capital Women in Technology Venture Fund and Climate Innovation Capital, with participation from the slate of investors that backed the company’s Seed Round in February 2021 – including OMERS Ventures, Golden Ventures, Garage Capital, Active Impact Investments, Klass Capital and Bryker Capital, and influential angel investors.
Manifest Climate, which featured in the G20 Innovations League’s list of top cleantech start-ups, is an emerging Canadian success story poised to scale quickly.
The Pig Hotels, an affiliate of the specialist travel and leisure private equity firm KSL Capital Partners (KSL) has acquired the parent company of The Pig Hotels in partnership with its co-founder Robin Hutson.
Hutson will continue as Chairman of the company and will retain a stake in the business. Tom Ross, previously Group Operations Director, has taken on the role of Managing Director. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2011, The Pig Hotels are a collection of award-winning rural boutique hotels with acclaimed restaurants built on a commitment to environmental sustainability.
KSL has invested exclusively
Horizon Capital has promoted Emily Hickley and Matt Morris to investment director, reflecting their contribution to the business as well as the firms commitment to developing talent.
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